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Line 1: ~~{{Orphan\|date=February 2009}}~~ {{Refimprove\|date=July 2007}} '''Monroe Silver''' was an [[United States\|American]] actor and singer who was also a comedian and monologist using [[Jewish]] dialect-accent performer. He recorded on [[78rpm]] discs for all the labels parodies like ''Cohen on the Telephone'' and ''Cohen Phones to His Friend Levy''. [[Lee De Forest]] recorded Silver doing ''Cohen on the Telephone'' for the DeForest [[Phonofilm]] sound-on-film process. The film premiered with 17 other Phonofilm short films at the Rivoli Theater in [[New York City]] on 15 April 1923, and is now in the Maurice Zouary collection at the [[Library of Congress]]. With his Jewish accent, words like 'What are you doing ?' came :out as '''Vot arrr you doink ?''' Some performers like Barney Bernard and Louis Mann tried to imitate him in the early 1920s.▼ '''Monroe Silver''' was an [[United States\|American]] actor and singer who was recognized as the best [[Jewish]] dialect-accent performer.{{Fact\|date=July 2007}}<!--recognized by whom?--> He recorded on [[78rpm]] discs for all the labels parodies like COHEN ON THE TELEPHONE, or COHEN PHONES TO HIS FRIEND LEVY ... ▲With his Jewish accent, words like 'What are you doing ?' came : '''Vot arrr you doink ?''' Some performers like Barney Bernard and Louis Mann tried to imitate him in the early 1920s. == References == *''Cohen on the telephone'', Michael G. Corenthal